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Pheidole lustrata
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pheidole |
| Species: | P. lustrata |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheidole lustrata Wilson, 2003
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Occurs in leaf litter of mature wet montane forest (Longino 1997).
Identification
See the description in the nomenclature section.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Southern highlands of Costa Rica (Longino 1997).
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 10.33333° to 10.23485058°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Costa Rica (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Countries Occupied
| Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species. |
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Estimated Abundance
| Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species. |
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Biology
Castes
Worker
Minor
Images from AntWeb
  
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0635485. Photographer J. Longino, uploaded by University of Utah. | Owned by JTLC. |
 
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| Worker. Specimen code inb0003605598. Photographer J. Longino, uploaded by University of Utah. | |
 
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| Worker. Specimen code inb0003666839. Photographer J. Longino, uploaded by University of Utah. | Owned by INBio. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- lustrata. Pheidole lustrata Wilson, 2003: 447, figs. (s.w.) COSTA RICA.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
DIAGNOSIS A distinctive medium-sized member of the flavens group with long, dense pilosity and dark brown body contrasting with yellow tarsi, in both castes. Similar to Pheidole albipes, Pheidole alticola, Pheidole browni, Pheidole ebenina, Pheidole euryscopa, Pheidole hedlundorum, Pheidole monteverdensis, Pheidole palenquensis and Pheidole servilia, differing as follows.
Major: eyes set well forward on head; humerus in dorsal-oblique view subangulate; extensive foveolation of mesopleuron and propodeum.
Minor: occiput in full-face view narrow and eyes placed more forward.
MEASUREMENTS (mm) Holotype major: HW 1.00, HL 1.04, SL 0.64, EL 0.14, PW 0.50. Paratype minor: HW 0.54, HL 0.56, SL 0.62, EL 0.12, PW 0.34.
COLOR Major and minor: body dark brown, tarsi dark yellow, other appendages light brown.
Figure. FIGURE Upper: holotype, major. Lower: paratype, minor. Scale bars = 1 mm.
Type Material
COSTA RICA: 4 km south of San Vito, Puntarenas, 8°47'N 82°58'W, 1200 m, col. John T. Longino. Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
Etymology
L lustrata, purified, referring to the mostly dark, shiny body.
References
- Wilson, E. O. 2003. Pheidole in the New World: A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. (page 447, fig. major, minor described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
- Longino J. T. L., and M. G. Branstetter. 2018. The truncated bell: an enigmatic but pervasive elevational diversity pattern in Middle American ants. Ecography 41: 1-12.
- Longino J. et al. ADMAC project. Accessed on March 24th 2017 at https://sites.google.com/site/admacsite/